San Francisco Symphony
Thursday, January 16 2025 | 10:00 AM
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OPEN REHEARSAL - CARMINA BURANA & ADAMS’ PIANO CONCERTO
San Francisco Symphony, Davies Hall
Orff's profane and profound pseudo-medieval cantata Carmina burana is the banger of all choral bangers: No one who has heard the opening movement "O Fortuna" even once, whether live or on a film soundtrack, could question its eternal-earworm status. Also on the concert: Víkingur Ólafsson premieres a new piano concerto by John Adams, inspired in part by the pianist’s remarkable Bach performances. Conductor David Robertson, a responsive and nuanced interpreter of Adams’s eclectic soundscapes, leads this program.